Economic analysis of the use of coronary calcium scoring as an alternative to stress ECG in the non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 579-587

  Raman, Vivek ^a   McWilliams, Eric T M ^b   Holmberg, Stephen R M ^a   Miles, Ken ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcinosis; Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Cost benefit analysis; Exercise test; X Ray

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CALCIUM SCORING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856608602     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2304-2     Document Type: Article

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